The Journal of Chinese Tax and Policy has issued a call for papers for its inaugural conference to be held at Sun Yat-Sen University on November 23-25, 2012 to be co-hosted with the University of Sydney Business School, the Monash University, Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute, the Sun Yat-Sen University School of Law, Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-Sen University, and Xiamen University, Department of Public Economics:

The theme of the conference will be Tax Policy in China: A multilateral dialogue – Modernizing China’s Tax Laws for a Diverse Economy. There are researchers studying the tax policies from the disciplines of law and public finance; there are tax practitioners who are lawyers or accountants; and taxes affect both the public and private sector. This conference is a multilateral dialogue between economists and lawyers; between researchers in government think tanks and academics; and between practitioners and researchers.

The Conference Organizers welcome any paper dealing with the Conference theme and/or its implications. Papers by new academics are welcome. All papers accepted for the conference may be selected for publication in the Journal of Chinese Tax and Policy.